Biology

I’ve always been fascinated by poison dart frogs, especially after doing some of our frog activities for kids, and I must have passed that fascination down, because Monkey was dying to learn more about poison dart frogs this week. We conducted our own poison dart frog science facts dive, culminating in the poison dart frog craft …

Learning about the heart or the circulatory system? These heart science projects will fit right in with any elementary or middle school science themes about the heart. Many science teachers like teaching about the heart during February for Valentine’s Day (because love). Some of the experiments on this list feature fun Valentine’s Day themes like …

Blood. It either makes you squeamish or you just might find it fascinating. Kids often get REALLY into blood this time of year, thanks to the popularity of vampires during the Halloween season. We’ve explored blood during Halloween before, but this year, as one of our Halloween STEM activities, we made a red blood cell model that …

Learning about trees? Complete your photosynthesis science experiment with this simple science demonstration learning how do trees make oxygen. This tree science project teaches the basics of photosynthesis for kids! It is a super easy experiment that makes a wonderful addition to your list of no-prep STEM challenges. In this tree science experiment, kids can …

If you’re looking for spring STEM activities, don’t miss these hands-on plant stem activities that are all about plant biology! These aren’t just regular STEM activities for kids, all of these projects are specifically about the parts of plants and how a plant is made and what they need to survive! Keep reading to find …

Which soil is best for growing plants? How do we know? If your students are involved with a science fair, it’s ideal that the experiments you do have variables and can potentially even solve a real-world problem. Help kids complete the which soil is best for growing plants science project using these steps. For this …